AN APPLE ORCHARD SURVEY OF ORLEANS COUNTY, NEW YORK. 481 



Three sprayings are usually sufficient for the codlin-moth and scab 

 in Western New York. The applications should be made: 



1. Just before the blossoms open. 



2. Immediately after the blossoms fall. 



3. Ten to 14 days after the second. 



Bulletin 226 gives a fuller discussion of scab and its treatment. 



FIG. 165. Rome Beauty. Needs thinning and good care to give size and color. 



NUMBER OF TREES PER ACRE. 



As in Wayne county, the trees in the old orchards were planted too 

 close together. The favorite distance was 33 x 33 feet. Half of all the 

 orchards were planted at this distance. The average distance was 

 32.4 x 32.4 feet. Only 5 per cent were over 35x35 feet. (In some 

 orchards half of the trees have been cut out so that table 15 shows 13 

 per cent over 35 x 35 feet.) 



